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SD Senator Mike Rounds Opposes Witnesses in Impeachment Trial

SD Senator Mike Rounds Opposes Witnesses in Impeachment Trial

Senator Mike Rounds Photo: WNAX


Republican Senators are close to voting on the question of witnesses in the Impeachment trial of President Trump.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says it is unlikely they will hear from any witnesses….

Rounds says the Senate should not be expected to do the work that the House should have done…

Rounds says while the President may have crossed a line with his call to the Ukrainian President, removal from office is too severe…

Senators may move to acquittal late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

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